Immediate dismissal if municipal waste management and citizen services are disrupted: LGRD State Minister

The State Minister said this while speaking as chief guest at a national workshop organized by the Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) and presided over by Senior Secretary of the Local Government Division Md. Shahidul Hasan. Noting waste management as one of the major tasks of a city, he said that in the absence of designated landfills, dumping waste in open spaces puts public health at risk. He therefore emphasized building modern landfills with manholes and boundary walls and producing electricity and fertilizer from waste.

At the workshop, the State Minister expressed dissatisfaction over the absence of 17 administrators and 19 municipal executive officers out of 61 municipalities. However, he praised the presence of engineers. He also said development projects worth Tk 1.20 lakh crore are ongoing across the country through LGED. He directed the officials present to focus on roads, as well as children's parks, cemeteries, safe drinking water supply, and preservation of water bodies.

Expressing zero tolerance for harassment in citizen services, the State Minister said that deliberately suspending services or taking unethical advantage through corruption will not be tolerated. He also highlighted the government's initiative to provide ‘Family Card’ to 40 million families within the next four years to empower women economically. Top officials of LGED, teachers from various universities, and municipal administrators and engineers were present at the workshop.